February Newsletter for Interior Designers
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Welcome to the February edition of our monthly LinkedIn newsletter.
Every month we compile the latest the latest trends, opinion pieces and relevant industry news for busy interior designers.
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News and Opinion
A Virtual Apartment Passes Off As Home Renovation Project
Swedish designer Christoffer Jansson created a virtual apartment and pretended to live in it for months as part of a social experiment he exhibited at the Stockholm Furniture Fair this year.
Reuse And Biomaterials In 2023 Architecture
Retrofit, biomaterials and grassroots design are among the trends that architects predict will define the architecture of 2023 and beyond. Architects are to "get serious about saving the planet".
Emotion's Role In Designing Positive Workplace Interiors
Acknowledging employee health and well-being enlightens users to the possibilities of establishing the workplace as a positive part of their day instead of a tasking majority of it.
How Roles In Workplace Interior Design Have Changed
Just like any hurdle in life, you adapt and stay flexible. There's always a solution. The design rebirth is here and well. Some companies have downsized, other companies have more than doubled...
Products, Furniture and Fittings
Fluted HUG Pods Provide A Cozy Nook In Open Offices
The HUG Pod collection, a human-centric concept designed by Dymitr Malcew blurs the line between cozy residential interiors and performance-orientated workplace environments.
4 Office Furniture Must Haves In A Minimalist Office
The goal of a minimalist office is to eliminate distractions. A minimalist approach to the workplace provides a company with a functional office while maintaining a clean and sleek aesthetic.
Patio Divider System By Robert Bronwasser For Cascando
The dividers enable the creation of everything from small nooks for focused work or video conferencing to larger spaces for collaborative work, presentations, or relaxing with a coffee.
What Is An Office Phone Booth?
The office phone booth provides a level of privacy without completely annexing workers. The typical office privacy booth has clear sides so the users can still be a part of the office setting.
Trends and Inspiration
An Oyster Bar Similar To "Diving Into An Aquarium"
Marion Mailaender specialises in creating spaces "with a great sense of humour", designed this bar to resemble an elevated market stall, where guests can dine in or takeaway platters of oysters and shellfish.
10 Interiors That Make The Most Of Narrow Spaces
Projects on constricted urban sites or working within historical buildings often must contend with long-and-narrow interior layouts. This article includes tight living areas, kitchens in corridors and a 1.8m wide house.
From A 280-Year-Old Courtyard House To A Fragrance Store
"One of the challenges of the project had to do with how to transform this venerable courtyard that stood for nearly 300 years as a private residence into a commercial space that is neighbourly and all-inclusive".
A 13th Century Palazzo Transformed Into Pop-Up Hotel
Interior designer Julie Cloos M?lsgaard has created a pop-up hotel filled with Italian frescos and modern Scandinavian furniture for Danish homeware brand Vipp within Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy.
10 Cabins With Cosy Interiors That Frame Views Of Nature
A cabin's small size and the use of organic materials such as wood which these structures are typically made of helps them to blend in with natural surroundings, creating warm and calming living spaces for inhabitants.
Health, Wellbeing and Biophilia
"Otherworldly" Moss-Covered Installation At Bag Store
Creative studio Spacemen looked to biophilic design principles to construct a tree-like installation covered in moss, which forms the centrepiece of a flagship outlet for luxury leather brand Braun Büffel in Malaysia.
Biophilic Mood Boards: Natural Shapes
With the aim to reconcile natural and man-made, biophilic design welcomes curved forms in designed spaces, and it's not just for an aesthetic reason...
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How To Bring Biophilic Design Into Offices
A biophilic approach to office design will incorporate natural materials and colours, rich textures and living plants. It will include more organic forms while seeking to connect to local identities...
Managing Burnout In The Architecture & Design Industry
Many in the architecture industry suffer from burnout with professionals reporting struggling with unrealistic deadlines, compressed schedules and long hours, alongside inadequate fees and poor remuneration.
Lighting
LED Linear Lighting Brings Creative Concepts To Life?
Where linear lighting is concerned, flexibility is crucial. Synergy Creativ's UK-based design team and factory enable architects, interior designers and fit out contractors the creative freedom to craft distinctive commercial spaces.
A New Light Column Takes A Less-Is-More Approach
Most light columns are ineffectual luminaries. "The light tends to be at eye level, so you have the uncomfortable situation of too much light and in the wrong place"...
The Heracleum III Light?
Named after a genus of herbaceous plant, Heracleum lights comprise a vertical, linear or circular frame that supports slim branches. These branches contain conductive layers, which power the LEDs inside leaf-shaped tabs.
Abstract Nature Lighting By Yellow Goat Design
The collection of sculptural lighting, which is informed by details from nature such as the underside of mushrooms, celebrates the "unusual beauty of nature".
Sustainability
Germany's Most Sustainable Building in 2022
Inside, the Carré's 85-foot-high atrium features 4 large columns that mimic a tree's trunk and canopy...However, the building's sustainable success is the result of careful engineering and advanced building technology.
A Mushroom-Spore Cannon To Regenerate Soil After Wildfires
American designer Suzie McMurty has developed a mushroom-spore dispenser that is automatically triggered during a wildfire so the fungi can detoxify the soil after a blaze.
Cultivating a Human Habitat from Living Materials
The tentlike, triangular structure was made of a living willow tree and resided from 2019 to 2022 in the village of Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, where it served as a sculpture, shelter and community gathering space.
"Sand Battery" - A Solution For Renewable Energy Storage
The battery, which stores heat within a tank of sand, is installed at energy company Vatajankoski's power plant, where it is plugged into the local district heating network, servicing around 10,000 people.
Materials, Textures and Colours
An All-Pink Interior Art Gallery?
The gallery comprises three spaces arranged in an unusual order with bubble-gum pink walls, floors and furniture to create unconventional spaces for displaying art at this gallery in Paris designed by local studio Golem.?
Hardwood Furniture Creations At Madrid Design Festival
Spanish design students used red oak, maple, cherry and tulip woods to create furniture pieces for Slow Spain: Slow furniture for fast change, an exhibition at Madrid Design Festival.
Glass and Mirrors Blend Café Into A Garden
Thai practice IDIN Architects created a series of minimal, pavilion-like structures for Nana Coffee Roasters in Bangkok, which feature mosaic ceilings to reflect the surrounding gardens.
The Psychology of the Colour Green
Of all the colours in the spectrum, there's arguably none more universally loved than green. But what is it about the colour that is so appealing, and why is green perceived to be beneficial for our overall wellbeing?
This newsletter was lovingly curated by Nikita at Benholm.
The next edition of our newsletter is due out in March 2023. If you have any articles that you would like to submit please email: [email protected]